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Summer Course on Green Technology for Sustainable Agriculture

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biosystem, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in cooperation with Central Luzon State University, Philippines, Ibaraki University, Tsukuba University, University of the Ryukyu and Kochi University held international summer course program at 13 – 22nd of August 2017. This program attended by 2 visiting lecturer from Central Luzon State University and Ibaraki University, 10 international students from Ibaraki University, 4 students of University of Tsukuba, 2 students of University of the Ryukyu, 1 from Kochi University, 2 students from UPN Veteran Yogyakarta, 20 students of Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, and 16 lecturers and academic staffs.

This course is devided into 4 groups of programs, which is class, group discussion, field practice and excursion. Class and group discussion are held at TMB. The objective of the excursion is to introduce rice field agricultural culture and Sundanese agricultural arts at the Kampung Wisata Cinangneng and excursion to the Bogor Botanical Garden to introduce the variety of tropical plants and the icon of Bogor. Field practice and excursion is held at the plantation and the PTPN VIII Palm Oil Factory and the Industrial Plant Research Center (BALITRI) in order to introduce 3 types of commodity of Indonesia’s plantation, which are coffee, chocolate and palm oil. IPB offers the topic of this summer course program annually and for futher information you may contact the coordinator of this program through email address
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Integrated Practical Course for Food Processing

The Department of Food Science & Technology, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in Collaboration with Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agro-industry, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) Thailand held an International Short Course on Integrated Practical Course for Food Processing. This program was held on 14-28th July 2017. The objectives of this program is to develop a cooperation between Bogor Agricultural University with several universities in ASEAN countries mainly with the Deparment of Food Science, Faculty of Agro-industry, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL Thailand). This summer course program was attended by 2 (two) visiting lecturers and 10 (ten) international students from Food Science and Technology, KMITL, Thailand, 1 (one) student from Kasetsart University (KU) Thailand, and 1 (one) student from BOKU University, Austria. The total amount of foreign student participants of the summer course program is 12 students.

International Student Field Course in Tropical Ecology and Rapid Biodiversity Assessment

The International Student Field Course in Tropical Ecology and Rapid Biodiversity Assessment 2017 was held on 24 July to 13 August 2017. This program is collaboration between the Department of Plant Protection Bogor Agricultural University (IPB - Indonesia) and University of Vienna (Austria). It has an exclusively educational purpose by (1) giving Indonesian and Austrian students the opportunity to get a comprehensive introduction on the fauna of representative tropical island ecosystems, (2) learning how to conduct rapid biodiversity assessments (using selected target taxa, e.g. birds and butterflies) and (3) how to adequately analyze their data.